Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute (NRESI)

Northern Aboriginal Research and Development Alliance (NARDA)

The Northern Aboriginal Research and Development Alliance (NARDA)
serves as a central, common resource for use in support of faculty
research and development with First Nations in the area of land use and
management. It also provides an opportunity for UNBC researchers to
work with First Nations to meet their needs for research,
co-ordination, capacity building, fund raising, and extension.
Inaugural projects include: 1) a partnership with the Halfway River
First Nation concerning identification, communication, and inclusion of
TEK in resource planning processes and the incorporation of an
Aboriginal worldview into mapping and GIS; and, 2) a joint project with
the John Prince Research Forest and Tl’azt’en Nation to develop an
adaptable framework of criteria and indicators for directing successful
forest management partnerships between First Nations and other
stakeholders.